Chuck Weber reports: Detectives have arrested a West Palm Beach-area woman, accusing her of stealing personal information of diabetes patients. Tuesday Palm Beach County Sheriff’s detectives arrested 35-year old Erika Morales, and served a search warrant at her home. Detective Bill Griffin said Morales stole identities of clients of the medical supply company, Diabetes Direct…
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The evidence says “woof”
Okay, we know that law enforcement will seize merchandise purchased with stolen credit cards or obtained fraudulently. But this is the first ID theft case I’ve ever heard of where they seized a puppy. George Warren reports that a Yorkshire terrier puppy named “Treasure” was seized as part of the proceeds of an ID theft…
Medical Files Left in Recycle Bins
Tisha Thompson reports: A visit to the doctor’s office is supposed to make you feel better, from a sore throat to wheezing and coughing. But some patients are now feeling sick to their stomachs after FOX 5 uncovered a serious threat to their privacy. This story started after a viewer contacted us concerned about what…
(update) UWMC patient financial information compromised
More on a breach reported here last week, this from Natalie Johnson: In early February, an employee of the National Collection Office (NCO) Financial Systems Inc., a debt-collection agency that UW Medicine contracts with, violated security and compromised at least 50 confirmed contacts, and as many as 80 more are being investigated. “UW Medicine was…
UWMC patient financial information compromised
More on a breach reported here last week, this from Natalie Johnson: In early February, an employee of the National Collection Office (NCO) Financial Systems Inc., a debt-collection agency that UW Medicine contracts with, violated security and compromised at least 50 confirmed contacts, and as many as 80 more are being investigated. “UW Medicine was…
OCR's web site criticized for "bare bones" approach
Over on the Los Angeles Times, David Lazarus raises an issue that I raised here last week: the fact that some breaches on the Office of Civil Rights’ (OCR’s) list of breached covered health care entities shield the entity’s name and merely lists the entity as “Private Practice.” Referring to the breaches posted on OCR’s…